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Quiz Law Making and Legislation in the EU

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A quiz about law making and the making of legislation within the European Union

QUIZ 30 QUESTIONS

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When did the expansion of competencies in the EU start?

1950's

1960's

1940's

1990's

1920's

What is EU law compared to national law?

Complicated

Simple

The Same As

Non Enforceable Against

Efficient

Which of these is not a source of EU law?

Conventions

Treaties

Legislative Acts of EU Insitutions

General Principles

Which of these was a core competence in 1957?

Social Policy

Training

Consumer Protection

Environment

Atomic Energy

What is the equivalent to a constitution in the EU?

Judgements of the ECJ

Custom

Treaties

Decisions of the European Parliament

None - The EU has a constitution

What are the two current treaties?

European Atomic Energy Community Treaty & Treaty of Rome

Treaty on European Union & Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Treaty of Maastricht & European Economic Community Treaty

Treaty of Amsterdam & Merger Treaty

Treaty on a Constitution for Europe & Treaty of Nice

What term is used to describe the idea that the EU Member States have to give up their Sovereignty to transnational institutions?

Supranational

Direct Effect

Supremacy

Compulsory Jurisdiction

Intergovernmental

What is classed as primary legislation?

Treaties

Finance Decisions

ECJ Decisions

Decisions of the Parliament

Decisions of the Commission

Which article gave rise to the idea of a differentiation between secondary and primary legislation?

Article 165 TFEU

Article 288 TFEU

Article 921 TFEU

Article 121 TFEU

Article 316 TFEU

Which of these is not a characteristic of a regulation?

General application

Directly applicable

Require national implementation

Detailed

Specific

Which are the only directly applicable forms of legislation?

Regulations

Directives

Regulations & Directives

Decisions

Directives & Decisions

Which article gives rise to the ordinary legislative procedure?

Article 221 TFEU

Article 294 TFEU

Article 121 TFEU

Article 317 TFEU

Article 321 TFEU

What power does the European Parliament have?

It has an extended role

It is consulted when legislation is being drawn up

Legislation can usually not be passed without its consultation

It has no power to pass legislation

It can invoke a consultation procedure

What is the usual voting system for the Council?

Simple Majority Voting

Qualified Majority Voting

Absolute Majority Voting

First Past The Post

Unamnimity

Which article details the normal voting procedure?

Article 294 TFEU

Article 621 TFEU

Article 121 TFEU

Article 317 TFEU

Article 21 TFEU

What percentage of votes have led to the conciliation procedure?

25%

20%

13%

17%

What percentage of the above votes have failed to reach a compromise?

12%

20%

13%

17%

What can the European Parliament effectively do?

Veto

Force the council to accept its amendments

Vote by QMV

Reconcile problems

Detail the procedure to be used

When will co-decision apply?

Whenever specified in Treaty

Whenever Parliament calls for it

Whenever the Council calls for it

Whenever there is to be a referendum

Whenever it is not specified in Treaty

What does the European Commission have?

Ministerial representativeness

Centralised institutions

Exclusive right of initiative

Right to use QMV

Right to use its power arbitrarily

When did the European Parliament start to be directly elected?

1979

1971

1922

1910

1912

What are directives?

Directly applicable

Directly effective but not directly applicable

Do not need any additional implementing legislation

Complimentary law

Apply to certain bodies only

What type of legislation is not directly applicable but tends to be because the decisions are quite detailed and direct effect doctrines supply the rest?

Decisions

Directives

Regulations

Treaties

Which of these is not a feature of a directive?

General application

Require national implementation

Set out objective or purpose

Sometimes quite detailed

Directly applicable

Which of these is not a form of secondary legislation?

Regulations

Treaties

Directives

Decisions

Recommendations and Opinions

What percentage of value added tax does the EU get?

20%

13%

17%

What year was the Treaty of Lisbon?

2007

2003

2001

1997

1991

What year was the Treaty of Maastricht signed?

2001

2007

1992

1991

1998

What year was the Merger Treaty signed?

1965

1961

1992

2001

1912

How many member states are currently in the EU?

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Quiz Law Making and Legislation in the EU

When did the expansion of competencies in the EU start?

What is EU law compared to national law?

Which of these is not a source of EU law?

Which of these was a core competence in 1957?

What is the equivalent to a constitution in the EU?

What are the two current treaties?

What term is used to describe the idea that the EU Member States have to give up their Sovereignty to transnational institutions?

What is classed as primary legislation?

Which article gave rise to the idea of a differentiation between secondary and primary legislation?

Which of these is not a characteristic of a regulation?

Which are the only directly applicable forms of legislation?

Which article gives rise to the ordinary legislative procedure?

What power does the European Parliament have?

What is the usual voting system for the Council?

Which article details the normal voting procedure?

What percentage of votes have led to the conciliation procedure?

What percentage of the above votes have failed to reach a compromise?

What can the European Parliament effectively do?

When will co-decision apply?

What does the European Commission have?

When did the European Parliament start to be directly elected?

What are directives?

What type of legislation is not directly applicable but tends to be because the decisions are quite detailed and direct effect doctrines supply the rest?

Which of these is not a feature of a directive?

Which of these is not a form of secondary legislation?

What percentage of value added tax does the EU get?

What year was the Treaty of Lisbon?

What year was the Treaty of Maastricht signed?

What year was the Merger Treaty signed?

How many member states are currently in the EU?

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